Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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